Bug Bytes sound library: stored product insect pest sounds
type: Dataset
description: This archive of .wav format sound recordings provided by the ARS Center for Medical, Agricultural, and Veterinary Entomology supports the detection and control of hidden insect infestations. Most of the sound files were selected from noise-free sections of recorded signal, but some typical background noises mixed with insect sounds are also provided. The insect sounds have higher frequencies and shorter durations that make them relatively easy to separate from background. For more information including related references, links to pictures or other information about each species in the Encyclopedia of Life or Featured Creatures, see the Bug Bytes sound library [note: supersedes 2005 sound library at https://www.ars.usda.gov/ARSUserFiles/3559/soundlibrary.html ] Categories: A. Stored product insect movement and feeding sounds B. Movement and feeding sounds of soil invertebrates C. Defensive stridulation by soil insects (dung beetles) D. Movement and feeding sounds of insects in wood. Termite head-banging E. Movement and feeding sounds of insects in plants F. Buzzing of fruit flies, butterflies, moths, and mosquitoes, stink bug, and Rhopalid communication G. Fire ants, phorid flies, and their interactions H. Cricket, katydid, and cicada sounds, including underground sounds of immature crickets I. Examples to distinguish insect sounds from background noise Species: Aedes albopictus (Asian tiger mosquito) Aedes taeniorynchus (salt marsh mosquito) Anastrepha suspensa (Caribbean fruit fly) Anoplophora glabripennis (Asian longhorned beetle) Antitrogus parvulus (Childers grub) Apocnemidophorus pipitzi (Brazilian peppertree stem borer ) Bactrocera tyroni (Queensland fruit fly) Blattella germanica (German cockroach) Buprestid spp. (larva in oak branch) Camponotus denticulatus (Ants in Australian outback) Cephus cinctus (Wheat stem sawfly) Ceratitis capitata (Mediterranean fruit fly) Coptotermes formosanus (Formosan termite) Cotesia marginiventris (Braconid parasitoid) Cryptot…
keyword: amerigeo
keyword: amerigeoss
keyword: audio-recordings
keyword: bug-bytes
keyword: ckan
keyword: feeding-sounds
keyword: geo
keyword: geoss
keyword: insect-detection
keyword: insect-pests
keyword: national
keyword: north-america
keyword: np304
keyword: pest-detection
keyword: stored-product-pests
keyword: united-states
issued: 2025-11-21T08:34:24.095166
modified: 2019-10-21
contact point: Organization
  fn: Mankin, Richard

US Migrating
type: Agent

Zip File
type: Distribution
description: InsectSounds_2.zip
media type: application/zip
format: ZIP
access URL: https://data.nal.usda.gov/system/files/InsectSounds_2.zip
issued: 2020-11-10T16:26:25.570455
modified: 2025-11-21T08:34:24.085539

Comma Separated Values File
type: Distribution
description: Insect-Pest-Sounds-inventory_1.csv
media type: text/csv
format: CSV
access URL: https://data.nal.usda.gov/system/files/Insect-Pest-Sounds-inventory_1.csv
issued: 2020-11-10T16:26:25.570465
modified: 2025-11-21T08:34:24.085951